## Why

Why does ReadSpeaker give you several options for voices? Many reasons come to mind. Some learners prefer a male or a female voice. Some learners may have hearing loss or impairment, and some voices may hit the lost or impaired tones. Others may choose a different accent for the French or the English voice. Personal preference drives the selections.

## Who

In this case, WHO is easy to define: every learner. Each learner can select the voice or voices they want to hear.

## When

If students have been listening for a long time, encourage them to re-engage with content by changing voices. Select one voice for one subject and a different voice for another subject. Changing the Reading Voice can help the learner refocus on their learning.

## How

The Reading Voice option is available in BOTH webReader and docReader.

### ReadSpeaker webReader

- Click on the hamburger, .
- Click on Reading Voice, .
- Each voice has the country's flag icon, the voice country, and the voice name.
- Example: For the French Canadian voice, Chloe, the button will appear as: .
- Click on your desired voice choice.

### ReadSpeaker docReader

- Once you have opened your document in docReader, click on the flag, , which is found in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
- Click on the flag, which shows a dropdown menu of voices.
- Click on your desired voice.

For both webReader and docReader, once you have selected a voice, the reading will use the selected voice. For best practice, select a voice that matches the document or file language.

## Videos

### ReadSpeaker webReader

### ReadSpeaker docReader

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